My grandma, Rosena "Rose" Kimpel grew up in blended families because her mother's husbands kept dying. Rose was one of five full siblings whose father was Valentine Kimpel and mother Mary Merkert Kimpel (later Fullerton and Turvey). This gentleman, Francis, is one of those full siblings, and one of only two full brothers. The other is John F. Kimpel. Rose also had a full sister, Mary, and another named Valentina Kimpel who did not live very long.
Descendants of one of Rose's half-siblngs had told me that two boys from one of mother Mary's other marriages had ended up at Girard College for boys. The 1900 census shows that her son Francis also went there after his father Valentine passed away. Established for boys without fathers (though now less restrictive) the college was considered an excellent choice for such boys in need.
Francis actually appears twice on the 1900 census, once at the college, and once at home with his mother's new husband's family, the Fullertons.
In 1910, Francis is living in Roxborough with his mother and her new husband John Turvey (misspelled as "Turby") along with many siblings and half siblings. He is age 23.
City marriage records indicated a Francis M Kimpel married a Mary Schneider, and I wondered if this middle initial is a typo because 1911 would be a very probable year for this gent to marry, as he'd be about 24. It was hard to say for sure, because Francis doesn't seem to appear on any later censuses. Still, in March of 2015 I found his wife Mary Christina's death certificate from when she passed in 1941. It is surely his wife, as it names him as her husband, and gives his age, 55, which is correct for this gent at her passing. Further, it names her parents, and she was the daughter of John Schneider and Catherine Rothman, so her maiden name would match this marriage record. She died of a cerebral hemorrhage, and is buried in a different cemetery than he is.
He seems to have stayed in Philadelphia, because when he was age 55 and had to register for the "old man's draft" of WWII, his address was on Krams Avenue in Roxborough. He listed his closest kin as his brother's wife though. His own wife would have been alive (by months since she died in December), so I am unclear why his sister in law was listed as contact. Further, when his wife died, they seem to have shared the address of 217 Hermitage as shown on her death certificate. (This address is just a few houses away from where my grandpa grew up.)
I hope to research him more to find what became of him.
Descendants of one of Rose's half-siblngs had told me that two boys from one of mother Mary's other marriages had ended up at Girard College for boys. The 1900 census shows that her son Francis also went there after his father Valentine passed away. Established for boys without fathers (though now less restrictive) the college was considered an excellent choice for such boys in need.
Francis actually appears twice on the 1900 census, once at the college, and once at home with his mother's new husband's family, the Fullertons.
In 1910, Francis is living in Roxborough with his mother and her new husband John Turvey (misspelled as "Turby") along with many siblings and half siblings. He is age 23.
City marriage records indicated a Francis M Kimpel married a Mary Schneider, and I wondered if this middle initial is a typo because 1911 would be a very probable year for this gent to marry, as he'd be about 24. It was hard to say for sure, because Francis doesn't seem to appear on any later censuses. Still, in March of 2015 I found his wife Mary Christina's death certificate from when she passed in 1941. It is surely his wife, as it names him as her husband, and gives his age, 55, which is correct for this gent at her passing. Further, it names her parents, and she was the daughter of John Schneider and Catherine Rothman, so her maiden name would match this marriage record. She died of a cerebral hemorrhage, and is buried in a different cemetery than he is.
He seems to have stayed in Philadelphia, because when he was age 55 and had to register for the "old man's draft" of WWII, his address was on Krams Avenue in Roxborough. He listed his closest kin as his brother's wife though. His own wife would have been alive (by months since she died in December), so I am unclear why his sister in law was listed as contact. Further, when his wife died, they seem to have shared the address of 217 Hermitage as shown on her death certificate. (This address is just a few houses away from where my grandpa grew up.)
I hope to research him more to find what became of him.
My grandma, Rosena "Rose" Kimpel grew up in blended families because her mother's husbands kept dying. Rose was one of five full siblings whose father was Valentine Kimpel and mother Mary Merkert Kimpel (later Fullerton and Turvey). This gentleman, Francis, is one of those full siblings, and one of only two full brothers. The other is John F. Kimpel. Rose also had a full sister, Mary, and another named Valentina Kimpel who did not live very long.
Descendants of one of Rose's half-siblngs had told me that two boys from one of mother Mary's other marriages had ended up at Girard College for boys. The 1900 census shows that her son Francis also went there after his father Valentine passed away. Established for boys without fathers (though now less restrictive) the college was considered an excellent choice for such boys in need.
Francis actually appears twice on the 1900 census, once at the college, and once at home with his mother's new husband's family, the Fullertons.
In 1910, Francis is living in Roxborough with his mother and her new husband John Turvey (misspelled as "Turby") along with many siblings and half siblings. He is age 23.
City marriage records indicated a Francis M Kimpel married a Mary Schneider, and I wondered if this middle initial is a typo because 1911 would be a very probable year for this gent to marry, as he'd be about 24. It was hard to say for sure, because Francis doesn't seem to appear on any later censuses. Still, in March of 2015 I found his wife Mary Christina's death certificate from when she passed in 1941. It is surely his wife, as it names him as her husband, and gives his age, 55, which is correct for this gent at her passing. Further, it names her parents, and she was the daughter of John Schneider and Catherine Rothman, so her maiden name would match this marriage record. She died of a cerebral hemorrhage, and is buried in a different cemetery than he is.
He seems to have stayed in Philadelphia, because when he was age 55 and had to register for the "old man's draft" of WWII, his address was on Krams Avenue in Roxborough. He listed his closest kin as his brother's wife though. His own wife would have been alive (by months since she died in December), so I am unclear why his sister in law was listed as contact. Further, when his wife died, they seem to have shared the address of 217 Hermitage as shown on her death certificate. (This address is just a few houses away from where my grandpa grew up.)
I hope to research him more to find what became of him.
Descendants of one of Rose's half-siblngs had told me that two boys from one of mother Mary's other marriages had ended up at Girard College for boys. The 1900 census shows that her son Francis also went there after his father Valentine passed away. Established for boys without fathers (though now less restrictive) the college was considered an excellent choice for such boys in need.
Francis actually appears twice on the 1900 census, once at the college, and once at home with his mother's new husband's family, the Fullertons.
In 1910, Francis is living in Roxborough with his mother and her new husband John Turvey (misspelled as "Turby") along with many siblings and half siblings. He is age 23.
City marriage records indicated a Francis M Kimpel married a Mary Schneider, and I wondered if this middle initial is a typo because 1911 would be a very probable year for this gent to marry, as he'd be about 24. It was hard to say for sure, because Francis doesn't seem to appear on any later censuses. Still, in March of 2015 I found his wife Mary Christina's death certificate from when she passed in 1941. It is surely his wife, as it names him as her husband, and gives his age, 55, which is correct for this gent at her passing. Further, it names her parents, and she was the daughter of John Schneider and Catherine Rothman, so her maiden name would match this marriage record. She died of a cerebral hemorrhage, and is buried in a different cemetery than he is.
He seems to have stayed in Philadelphia, because when he was age 55 and had to register for the "old man's draft" of WWII, his address was on Krams Avenue in Roxborough. He listed his closest kin as his brother's wife though. His own wife would have been alive (by months since she died in December), so I am unclear why his sister in law was listed as contact. Further, when his wife died, they seem to have shared the address of 217 Hermitage as shown on her death certificate. (This address is just a few houses away from where my grandpa grew up.)
I hope to research him more to find what became of him.
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